1917
Another of our classmates has passed on. Richard Cable Morenus died on Saturday, February 10, 1968, at his Chicago home. He is survived by his widow, Nora S. Morenus. I am sure that all '17'ers join in extending sincere sympathy to Mrs. Morenus.
On a more cheerful note, I have just had a card from Spique MacIntyre, postmarked Sarasota, Fla. I happen to know that Spique and Ruby first flew to the West Coast. On the way they stopped off and visited with Russ Fisher, then went on to see the Grand Canyon and finally, to Los Angeles and San Francisco where they saw Sally Shea and George Currier. On their return they came by way of Florida where they made contacts with Gil Swett, Sumner Emerson, and George Gregory, and when last heard from they were enjoying themselves at Sarasota.
'17 widow Doris Stevens passed away in December, surviving our classmate Les by a little over 5 years, and being survived by a grandson, Tom Jester '63. Some correspondence with Gil Swett may now be revealed. Back in 1962, it seems that Les and Doris were mindful of Dartmouth in making their wills. The College has just received a $1,000 bequest, functioning as endowment under the name "Leslie B. Stevens 1917 Fund."
Having heard indirectly that Mott Brown had been hospitalized, I phoned him last evening. I found that he had been at home for a couple of weeks and was mighty glad to be there. It seems tht he had experienced a couple of virus attacks that had the doctor stymied. But Mott's on the mend now and will be as good as new in a few weeks, we hope.
Norm and Mary McCulloch are presently at Islamorada, their winter home in Florida, where they arrived on April 2. Their stay there is of uncertain duration as much depends upon the weather. In a very recent letter, Mary said that Norm "is doing well after his operation, and is swimming and sunning and sleeping! How he can sleep!"
Vic Smith also has been in the hands of his doctor. There is some doubt about his getting to Hanover for the Class Officers' Weekend, but I'm certainly hoping that he will be able to attend. It wouldn't be the same without him! But he'll be at New London. and that's for sure!
Walt and Phoebe Walters have been enjoying a wonderful trip on the Pacific. The last I heard directly from Walt was a letter posted at Tonga and dispatched by Canoe Mail. "Pa" Holt was on the same cruise and Walt spoke of him in his note to me.
Later I received a copy of a letter written by Ort Hicks '21 to a friend which read as follows, "One of our most thoughtful professors emeriti became friendly with Waltman Walters at the latter's 50th reunion last year. Being a skillful cartoonist, when he heard about the trip Phoebe and Walt were taking to the South Pacific this spring, he asked for a photograph of the Captain of the 'SS Monterey' so that a cartoon portrait would greet the Walters when they boarded ship. In addition he printed up a number of menu cards. Apparently the Matson Line had these distributed to all tables so that the Walters became the most famous people on board. Needless to say the Walters got a tremendous kick out of this."
A few days ago Gil Swett phoned from Sarasota to tell us not to be concerned if we heard that he had been hospitalized. The fact is that he had been, but he was again all right, the condition for which he had been hospitalized having disappeared as soon as he got to the hospital. Gil hopes that he and Jane will be able to get North this fall.
One day about a week ago the Brookses had luncheon with Ralph and Ethel Sanborn at the Hanover Inn. It was a most enjoyable occasion and we got all of the latest gossip about classmates Ralph had seen or heard from.
Bob and Anita Scott were guests of the McCullochs in Florida. We certainly hope that the Scotts will be able to get to New London this fall.
And speaking of New London, Mr. Conklin, the proprietor, has written me as follows, "We have worked up a package plan for the weekend of Oct. 12 which would include dinner Friday evening, breakfast Saturday morning, dinner Saturday evening, breakfast Sunday morning and the rooms friday and Saturday nights." Mr. Conklin is checking with a bus company to determine the cost of chartering a bus to take the group to the game at Hanover, with the thought that this would be the simplest way to go and return. Some may prefer to drive their own cars. This will be a "fun" weekend so you had better plan to join us!
I have just received from Ralph Sanborn, a clipping from the Manchester {N. H.) Union-Leader reporting the death of Frank C. Huntress following a long illness. Frank died on Sunday, April 28.
Secretary, R.F.D. 1, Box 27 Woodstock, Yt. 05091
Class Agent, Cricket Lane, Darien, Conn. 06820
